Stonegiant Posted November 10, 2003 Posted November 10, 2003 My second machine just started making an awful noise. I have narrowed it down to the chipset just below the CPU socket. While it's running, I stop the fan with my finger and the noise stops. Brilliant troubleshooting, eh? Now, what should I do about it? The noise isn't constant. I tried tightening it and loosening it both. Same noise. There are no cables contacting the fan blades nor anything else. Do I replace the fan? Do I lubricate it? Do I just remove it (my gut feeling on that one is a 'no')? I've tried several different Googlings (I like that word, btw) and came up with nothing.The board is a Soyo K7V Dragon Plus, btw. Quote
bjf123 Posted November 10, 2003 Posted November 10, 2003 I had the same problem about a year ago with my then 4 year old HP PC. I had the CPU fan replaced, which ended up costing about $150. The fan has just started making the noise again. I think I'm just going to buy a new PC this time. Quote
Guest LilBambi Posted November 10, 2003 Posted November 10, 2003 http://hardware.meetthegeeks.org/ourreview...nplus/index.htmIn the large snapshot (midway down the page) of the board at the above link, is it the fan that says "SOYO" on it below the CPU socket?If so, does it have screws that you can remove it? It is hard to tell from the picture.It looks like the size of an old 486 CPU fan, wonder if you could buy one of those to replace it? Quote
striker Posted November 10, 2003 Posted November 10, 2003 Just replace that darned thing, it' ll cost you only a few bucks. Buy one or two so you get a spare one.Most of the times you can either clip it off or srew it off , but beware : I' ve seen a chipset fan not that long ago that was "gluetaped" on the chipset like a sticker, you know what I mean. In that case gently try to " peal" it of beginning at a corner, gently please ... ! ! Quote
Stonegiant Posted November 10, 2003 Author Posted November 10, 2003 Yep, LilBambi, that's the one. I just need to find on the web where to get a fan for it.Thanks, striker for the recommendation. Once I find one, I will be extra careful removing it. Quote
Guest LilBambi Posted November 10, 2003 Posted November 10, 2003 SOYO chipset fan $5You just fill in your motherboard's model number and they get you the right one.Or you could try a generic Star-Tech 486 fan here for $3.97:http://www.provantage.com/buy-7STRP01V-486...86-shopping.htmFor very little more, you would have the right one direct from Soyo. Quote
Stonegiant Posted November 11, 2003 Author Posted November 11, 2003 heh. The one from Soyo is $5.39 with tax and $6.07 shipping. The shipping is more than the price of the fan. Quote
Guest LilBambi Posted November 11, 2003 Posted November 11, 2003 Yuk! That's not good ... I bet you have a local computer store that has some 486 fans for cheap to try out. Quote
Stonegiant Posted November 11, 2003 Author Posted November 11, 2003 So, the 486 fan does fit on the chipset? Quote
Guest LilBambi Posted November 11, 2003 Posted November 11, 2003 Looks like it ... no guarantees though.Would make it easier if you had an old 486 fan around the house to test with LOL! Quote
nlinecomputers Posted November 11, 2003 Posted November 11, 2003 Most chipset fans are 40mm fans that can be found from a lot of sources. You can order some high end fans from here:http://www.directron.com/gpucoolers.htmlOr some simple 40mm fans here:http://www.directron.com/40mmfans.htmlMost any of these will do you fine. Quote
ross549 Posted November 11, 2003 Posted November 11, 2003 Another option would be to put a huge heatsink on the chip.... might be enough to keep it cool, provided your case's air supply is sufficient. Quote
Stonegiant Posted November 11, 2003 Author Posted November 11, 2003 Looks like it ... no guarantees though.Would make it easier if you had an old 486 fan around the house to test with LOL!My first cpu was a Pent II 266 Quote
ross549 Posted November 11, 2003 Posted November 11, 2003 Hehehe.. youngin......Back in the day, we used Apple IIe's for our processing..... Quote
Stonegiant Posted November 11, 2003 Author Posted November 11, 2003 I took a comuter literacy class in middle school (7th grade, I think). We were using Apple IIc's. [shudders] Quote
bjf123 Posted November 11, 2003 Posted November 11, 2003 My first cpu was a Pent II 266 My first CPU was an IBM 8088, which was pre-Pentium by four generations. The system also came with a 10 MB, (yes MB) hard drive, which was considered HUGE at the time. At the same time, my wife's office was using an IBM PC with dual 5 1/4" floppies and NO hard drive. The OS was on one floppy and whatever program you were using was on the other! Quote
Grasshopper Posted November 11, 2003 Posted November 11, 2003 I took a comuter literacy class in middle school (7th grade, I think). We were using Apple IIc's. [shudders]...and I actually got to set those up. That was the first time I'd ever seen a computer.mmmm...DOS 3.3, 5.25" floppies, no hard drive, BASIC programming....<waxes nostalgic> Quote
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